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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Omid Farhang on February 14, 2009, 10:07:03 PM
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I've installed these:
avast! 4.8 pro (Love it!!!)
outpost firewall pro 2009
malwarebytes antimalware (paid version)
keyscrambler premium
Do you recommended any other tools (such as antispyware and...) to cover my security?
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Hi....
I would suggest adding SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html) as well. :)
May God Bless you! :)
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I think you have all you need (if you include spywareblaster), I would go so far as to say disable the outpost firewall pro's anti-spyware module if it isn't already disabled under the compatibility option.
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Hi, ardvark
Thanks for your answer, I've already installed that.
Hi, DavidR
No, I've not installed Anti-spyware and Web-Control during installation (The new version give your option to select which one you want to install).
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Hi, ardvark
Thanks for your answer, I've already installed that.
Hi...
Ok, it wasn't mentioned on your list... ;)
Best Regards...
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-= Spybot S&D..
-= A squared
-= Spyware terminator
-= Ad-Aware
-= Hijack This
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-= Spybot S&D <== has outlived its usefulness
-= A squared <== does it still have many False Positives?
-= Spyware terminator <== has anti virus application that could interfere with avast!
-= Ad-Aware <== has outlived its usefulness and is just a waste of hard drive space
-= Hijack This <== only required for special occasions but it is good to have installed
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-= Oh.. Right.. Ad Aware is sorta crappy as of now.. Its bloated plus very crashy..
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Thanks chronoboi001, is all of them working beside avast without any conflict?
Thanks YoKenny, I agree with you, just about Ad-Aware I must say, it seems you have not tried "Lavasoft Ad-Aware Anniversary Edition 8.0 Pro", it's very improved and has better detection beside the light system resource
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Hi, DavidR
No, I've not installed Anti-spyware and Web-Control during installation (The new version give your option to select which one you want to install).
I'm aware that it is an option in the new version, but some choose to ignore it (which is why I mentioned it) and the anti-spyware is particularly noisy, opening many files on boot, causing avast to also scan those files (first), this can extend boot times considerably. I'm using the new OP Firewall Pro, I have been an OP firewall user since about version 3 and the free version before that.
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it's hard to me to pay for Online Armor and Free version don't protect me good enough...
also I feel outpost is clean and light to use, also IP Blocker in outpost is very useful feature for me when I use P2P tools :)
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-= As of now.. Im not having any problems with those..
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-= Spybot S&D <== has outlived its usefulness
I did a little more research and found some info on aumha.org, bleepingcomputer.com, and mvps.org which support your assertion with good reasons. Thank you for the warning.
Why do you say this? It's still recommended by the techs on the Mozillazine forum.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=5741115#p5741115
Edit: answered my own question
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-= Spybot S&D <== has outlived its usefulness
-= A squared <== does it still have many False Positives?
-= Spyware terminator <== has anti virus application that could interfere with avast!
-= Ad-Aware <== has outlived its usefulness and is just a waste of hard drive space
-= Hijack This <== only required for special occasions but it is good to have installed
The av service in Spyware Terminator is either optional at installation (does not have to be installed) or can be disabled once installed. It is ClamAV and can be used as an on-demand scanner should it be installed.
Spybot S&D is not completely useless. It's TeaTimer module is useful for registry protection should some malware tries to alter the registry. Spybot also detects many of the malware that is currently infecting too many computers.
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-= Still there are things I hate in spybot:
Interface
Slow update
Slow scan speed
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-= Spybot S&D <== has outlived its usefulness
-= A squared <== does it still have many False Positives?
-= Spyware terminator <== has anti virus application that could interfere with avast!
-= Ad-Aware <== has outlived its usefulness and is just a waste of hard drive space
-= Hijack This <== only required for special occasions but it is good to have installed
The av service in Spyware Terminator is either optional at installation (does not have to be installed) or can be disabled once installed. It is ClamAV and can be used as an on-demand scanner should it be installed.
Spybot S&D is not completely useless. It's TeaTimer module is useful for registry protection should some malware tries to alter the registry. Spybot also detects many of the malware that is currently infecting too many computers.
I prefer WinPatrol and it does not have a slow scan mode to detect and remove malware.
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You prefer WinPatrol and I prefer Spybot. It is an individual choice each of us makes. But, I have never said WinPatrol was not useful.
Just because someone prefers one program over another does not make the other program useless.
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Just curious, but WinPatrol does the same thing as Super Anti-Spyware and Mal-ware Bytes Anti-Malware? By "does the same thing" I am not saying that they are identical but simply want to know if they serve the same purpose.
Also, If you'll allow me to throw my two cents in, I have so far experimented with a few Anti-Spyware and anti-malware software and I find that apart from taste it's also a question of what best suits your means and needs (i.e. you wont install a resource hungry antivirus on a resource starved computer nor will you install a huge security suit if you only use your computer for surfing the web and document editing).
That's at least my opinion. I still did not find what best suits me (apart from Vast that has yet to fail me) but nothing is set in stone and even if I do find something, in the end something else will replace it.
Cheers
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-= Me..? I prefer antispywares accordingly, spyware terminator [in speed], Spybot S&D [in virus database] & Malwarebytes [in reliability & rock-solid protection]
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On access I suggest none... I'll keep only avast.
On demand, well, MBAM and SuperAntispyware could be a good choice.
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Thanks you all my friends for your offers :) ::)
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-= Glad to help.. ^^ [Am I of any help..? haha..]
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@chronoboi001: Yes, of course, I'm totally agree with you at:
-= Me..? I prefer antispywares accordingly, spyware terminator [in speed], Spybot S&D [in virus database] & Malwarebytes [in reliability & rock-solid protection]
I did install and try the Spyware terminator, it was interesting, just I don't like the IE Toolbar and removed that. but I did keep the software :) Thanks for offering that, my friend! ;)
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-= I'm glad to know that..^^
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SuperAntiSpyware is still good and Spybot too but well there no any best anti spyware but Avast got anti spyware so you can alway use spybot as a emergency ;D